reaching the kimberley region by 1880 , with violent clashes continuing until the 1920s . in the northern territory conflict lasted even later still , especially in central australia , continuing from the 1880s to the 1930s . one estimate of casualties places european deaths at 2 @ , @ 500 , while at least 20 @ , @ 000 ab ##ori ##gin ##es are believed to have perished . far more devastating though was the effect of disease which significantly reduced the aboriginal population by the beginning of the 20th century ; a fact which may also have limited their ability to resist . in 1861 , the victorian ship hm ##cs ##s victoria was dispatched to help the new zealand colonial government in its war against
reaching the kimberley region by 1880, with violent clashes continuing until the 1920s. in the northern territory conflict lasted even later still, especially in central australia, continuing from the 1880s to the 1930s. one estimate of casualties places european deaths at 2 @, @ 500, while at least 20 @, @ 000 aborigines are believed to have perished. far more devastating though was the effect of disease which significantly reduced the aboriginal population by the beginning of the 20th century ; a fact which may also have limited their ability to resist. in 1861, the victorian ship hmcss victoria was dispatched to help the new zealand colonial government in its war against